1953

The Automatist Years: 1953

February 11

New application for a grant from the Royal Society of Canada (Écrits I, p. 40).

March 17

Obtains the right to immigrate to the United States (Écrits I, p. 40)

March

Participates in the Annual Exhibition of Canadian Painting 1953 held at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa; Borduas shows Éruption imprévue, 1951, (Gagnon 1978, p. 489).